WenChang Fm., TanTou, ChunAn Co., ZheJiang Prov., China: Hirnantian, China

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865
Pterobranchia - Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Sowerbyella sp. Jones 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Glyptomenidae
Glyptomena sp. Cooper 1956
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rafinesquina sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
Eospirifer sp. Schuchert 1913
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Anazygidae
Zygospira sp. Hall 1862
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchotrematidae
Lepidocyclus sp. Wang 1949
Rhynchotrema sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Ancistrorhynchidae
Ancistrorhynchia sp. (Ulrich and Cooper 1942)
original and current combination Ancistrorhyncha
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Hebetoechiidae
Tadschikia sp.
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Harknessellidae
Reuschella sp. Bancroft 1928
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Rhinidictyidae
Rhinidictya sp. Ulrich 1882
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Ptilodictyidae
Ptilodictya sp. Lonsdale 1839
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Ophileta sp. Vanuxem 1842
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Lesueurilla sp. Koken 1898
Bivalvia - Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852
see common names

Geography
Country:China State/province:ZheJiang County:ChunAn
Coordinates: 29.0° North, 119.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.4° North, 123.3° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Late/Upper Ordovician
Stage:Hirnantian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 5
*Period:Late/Upper Ordovician *Epoch:Late/Upper Ashgill
Key time interval:Hirnantian
Age range of interval:445.20000 - 443.80000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wenchang
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified silty sandstone
Secondary lithology: mudstone
Lithology description: sandstone (often feldspar rich) and mudstone with some siltstone
Environment:shoreface
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:species names
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:7775
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:P. Novack-Gottshall
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-01 15:47:01 Last modified:2000-06-01 18:47:01
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

480. Stratigraphic Group of Zhejiang, China. 1979. Regional stratigraphic table of Eastern China, Zhejiang Province. Geological Publishing House, Beijing, China [A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]